floofloof@lemmy.ca to News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 months agoAn airline passenger could face a $120,000 bill after fighter jets were scrambled when he joked about blowing up the planewww.businessinsider.comexternal-linkmessage-square77fedilinkarrow-up1168arrow-down14cross-posted to: worldnews
arrow-up1164arrow-down1external-linkAn airline passenger could face a $120,000 bill after fighter jets were scrambled when he joked about blowing up the planewww.businessinsider.comfloofloof@lemmy.ca to News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 months agomessage-square77fedilinkcross-posted to: worldnews
minus-squareMr Fish@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up33arrow-down2·10 months agoMy first thought is what is the point of sending fighter jets to deal with a bomb threat? “Don’t you blow up this plane, or else… we’ll blow up this plane.”
minus-squareTheRealKuni@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up22·10 months agoBomb threats can be used to get control of the plane and then fly it into stuff. The fighter jet is there to bring down the plane if it seems like they’re trying to 9/11 it.
minus-squareABCDE@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up8·10 months agoI think it’s more the plane could have gone into a built up area.
minus-squarejune@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·10 months agoYea. They can do finish blowing it up
My first thought is what is the point of sending fighter jets to deal with a bomb threat?
“Don’t you blow up this plane, or else… we’ll blow up this plane.”
Bomb threats can be used to get control of the plane and then fly it into stuff. The fighter jet is there to bring down the plane if it seems like they’re trying to 9/11 it.
I think it’s more the plane could have gone into a built up area.
Yea. They can do finish blowing it up